# Detecting when the download is complete

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-when-the-download-is-complete/330902>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 4, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-when-the-download-is-complete/330902 "2013-04-04T15:43:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![aks86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@aks86](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aks86)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-when-the-download-is-complete/330902/1 "2013-04-04T15:43:36Z")

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Hello,

I would like to know how I can detect when the browser received a downloaded file.

I have looked around on the internet and don’t see anything that I can help me. And frankly, I don’t think its possible to do it in PHP/Javascript as they can’t interact with the end users pc. But I’m just checking in. Any thoughts ?